MIA81FLD50

NTSB accident investigation · Piper PA-31 · Fort Myers, FL · June 5, 1981

Accident · No injuriesClosed
Date
June 5, 1981
Place
Fort Myers, FL · FORT MYERS, FL
Injuries
2 uninjured
Damage
Substantial damage
Phase of flight
Enroute
Aircraft
N747CEPiper PA-31
Status
Completed · report March 9, 1982
Report
Brief approved by the director
FAA report
19810605038609A
Case key
125418

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NTSB brief

NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.

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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-3370   81/6/5    FORT MYERS,FL       PIPER PA-31         CR-  0  0  2  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 46, UNK/NR
        TIME - 1200                    N747CE              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, UNK/NR INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - PAGE FIELD
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          FORT MYERS,FL              UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION                            IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE
           HARD LANDING                                             LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS
           PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF
        PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE
        COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE
        EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND
        REMARKS- AIRCREW STATED L ENG BGN RUNNING ROUGH,R ENG LOST PWR ON FINAL,BOTH PLTS DENIED PIC.PLTS-SEL/SMEL.

Aircraft

Registration
N747CE
Reported as
Piper PA-31
Category
Airplane
Engine
reciprocating
Damage
Substantial damage
Airport
Page Field

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